The crypto markets fell slightly on Wednesday after Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve Board, hinted that an October interest rate cut of 25 points may be the last such cut of 2025. Bitcoin dipped 1.6% over the past 24 hours to trade at nearly $111,000, according to data from Binance. Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, was down about 2% to a bit more than $3,900. The total market cap of all cryptocurrencies dropped 1.8%.
While Powell said there were “strongly differing views” among his colleagues about future rate cuts, he added during a press conference that “there’s a growing chorus now of feeling like maybe this is where we should at least wait a cycle.”
The S&P 500 ended Wednesday essentially flat, the Dow Jones was down about 0.2%, and the Nasdaq finished almost 0.6% up.
Despite the wavering markets, some crypto analysts were cautiously optimistic. “Easing monetary conditions are supportive of upward price momentum for BTC [Bitcoin] so long as the macroeconomic outlook doesn’t pose severe issues unforeseen by the market,” Alex Blume, founder and CEO of the crypto asset manager Two Prime, said in an email to Fortune.
The dip in cryptocurrency prices on Wednesday was smaller compared to a recent flash crash on Oct. 10 that wiped out more than $19 billion in positions in the largest crypto liquidation event ever tracked by the crypto analytics firm CoinGlass.
The crash coincided with President Donald Trump’s threat to hit China with a 100% tariff “over and above” existing tariffs, causing Bitcoin to shed more than $200 million in market cap and plummet nearly 10% in price. Ethereum experienced an even more drastic downturn, tanking almost 14%.
Just days after the flash crash, Trump walked back his aggressive rhetoric. “Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine!” he posted on Truth Social. “The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!!”
The markets—including cryptocurrency prices—have since stabilized, and traders are anxiously awaiting the results of a Thursday meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping, the president of China. Since Oct. 10, Bitcoin has traded around $110,000 and Ethereum has hovered near $4,000.
“The fluctuating macroeconomic backdrop is [the] dominant driver of this crypto cycle,” Thomas Perfumo, global economist at the crypto exchange Kraken, said in an email to Fortune, adding later: “While the market is stabilizing after the Oct. 10 liquidation event, this ‘reset’ event certainly reduced short-term risk tolerance.”
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President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, shook hands in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
“Good to meet you.” “Great pleasure to see you again.” “Good to see you again.” “Me too.” “And we’re going to have a very successful meeting, I have no doubt. But he’s a very tough negotiator. That’s not good. We know each other well.” “Mr. President, do you plan to sign a trade deal today?” “Could be. I think we have, we’ll have a great understanding. We have a great relationship. We’ve always had a great relationship.” “Will you buy U.S. soybeans again?” “Will you discuss Taiwan here?” “Which way?”
President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, shook hands in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
Warner Music Italy says that the structure of its company is “evolving” with the launch of two new frontline labels: Warner Records Italy and Atlantic Records Italy.
According to WMI, the move, which arrives on its 50th anniversary in the Italian market, will “enable the business to grow with the ever-changing landscape by having a more focused and personalized set of teams that are agile and empowered to capitalize on opportunities for both established artists and emerging talent”.
Eleonora Rubini has been appointed Label Director of Warner Records Italy, with Leonardo Luan named Head of A&R, Ruth Hagos as Senior A&R Urban, Anna Rampinelli as Head of Marketing, and Sara Daniele as Head of Promotions.
Atlantic Records Italy will be led by Marco Masoli as Label Director, with FilippoGimigliano as Head of A&R, Riccardo Primavera as Senior A&R Urban, GianlucaCovezzi as Head of Marketing, and EleonoraBruno as Head of Promotions.
According to Warner, each label has a dedicated Digital Account Manager, an International Project Manager, and various Domestic Project Managers, A&R, and Promotion Managers who report to their respective heads.
The two Label Directors report to the Vice President of WM Italy, Gianluca Guido, who serves as the liaison between the two labels, along with the President of Warner Music Italy, Pico Cibelli.
Alongside this news, ADA Italy has signed an exclusive partnership with Andrea Comi (Attica Music) and Davide D’Aquino (Triggger), who has stepped down from his role as Head of ADA Italy.
ADA Italy will continue to handle local distribution, label, and artist services in the market, now under the direction of Renato Tanchis (Director of Catalog, WM Italy & Head of ADA Italy), who will report to Marco Masoli.
According to Warner Music Italy, D’Aquino and Comi “will focus on scouting and artistic development, using the WEA Music Italy brand for their releases, in support of ADA, Atlantic Records and Warner Records”.
WMI added: “Their goal is to strengthen the service offerings for artists and independent labels, further diversifying the portfolio”.
As reported in August, recorded music trade turnover in Italy rose 9.7%YoY to €208.1 million in H1 2025, with paid streaming subscriptions jumping 12.7% YoY in the first half of 2025 as local acts dominated the charts.
“The launch of Warner Records Italy and Atlantic Records Italy is an evolution that strengthens our ability to superserve our artists and connect audiences old and new all over the world.”
Pico Cibelli, Warner Music Italy
Pico Cibelli, President, WM Italy, said: “As we celebrate WM Italy’s 50th anniversary, these changes will set up WM Italy for its next chapter.
“The launch of Warner Records Italy and Atlantic Records Italy is an evolution that strengthens our ability to superserve our artists and connect audiences old and new all over the world.
“I have immense confidence in Eleonora, Marco, Renato, and their teams to drive our next era of growth and success.”
“We’re excited to build on the labels’ incredible legacy while creating an environment that champions both established artists and the next generation of Italian talent.”
Eleonora Rubini, Warner Records Italy
Eleonora Rubini, Label Director, Warner Records Italy, added: “By establishing these distinct labels, we can offer a more focused approach to artist development.
“We’re excited to build on the labels’ incredible legacy while creating an environment that champions both established artists and the next generation of Italian talent.”
“Our goal is to create a home where creativity thrives and our artists can reach their full potential on the world stage.”
Marco Masoli, Atlantic Records Italy
Marco Masoli, Label Director, Atlantic Records Italy, said: “Our goal is to create a home where creativity thrives and our artists can reach their full potential on the world stage. We’re ready to embrace this challenge and work closely with our artists to help them achieve their dreams.”
Elsewhere at Warner Music Group globally, the major music company recently merged its Benelux-GSA businesses and named Niels Walboomers as President, with the company’s Central Europe bosses Doreen Schimk & Fabian Drebes exiting.
Over in London, meanwhile, Isabel Garvey recently confirmed that she will be leaving her role as Chief Operating Officer of London-based Warner Music UK.
Garvey’s decision to stand down from her role at the end of the year followed the news that Warner’s flagship Atlantic and Warner Records UK labels will be working more closely with their US counterparts, with UK label heads now reporting to US leadership.
Warner Music UK’s other teams, including the shared services that support both labels, will be overseen directly by Simon Robson, President, EMEA, Recorded Music, WMG.
The changes to WMUK’s operations followed the news that Tony Harlow is leaving his role as CEO of Warner Music UK at the end of October.Music Business Worldwide
Kennedy, a top health official, urges ‘cautious approach’ after Trump baselessly claimed taking Tylenol is linked autism in children.
United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has partially walked back his warning that taking Tylenol during pregnancy is directly linked to autism in children.
In a news conference on Wednesday, Kennedy struck a more moderate tone than he generally has in his past public appearances.
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“The causative association between Tylenol given in pregnancy and the perinatal periods is not sufficient to say it definitely causes autism,” Kennedy told reporters. “But it’s very suggestive.”
“There should be a cautious approach to it,” he added. “ That’s why our message to patients, to mothers, to people who are pregnant and to the mothers of young children is: Consult your physician.”
While some studies have raised the possibility of a link between Tylenol and autism, there have been no conclusive findings. Pregnant women are advised to consult a doctor before taking the medication.
The World Health Organization reiterated the point in September, noting that “no consistent association has been established” between the medication and autism, despite “extensive research”.
But claims to the contrary have already prompted efforts to limit the availability of Tylenol, a popular brand of acetaminophen, a fever- and pain-reducing medication.
On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a lawsuit accusing Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue, the companies behind the over-the-counter pain reliever, of deceptive practices.
In doing so, he reiterated misinformation shared by President Donald Trump and government officials like Kennedy.
“By holding Big Pharma accountable for poisoning our people, we will help Make America Healthy Again,” Paxton said in a statement, giving a nod to Kennedy’s MAHA slogan.
The suit alleges that Johnson & Johnson and Kenvue violated Texas consumer protection laws by having “deceptively marketed Tylenol as the only safe painkiller for pregnant women”.
It was the latest instance of scientific misinformation being perpetuated by top officials. Both Trump and Kennedy have repeatedly spread scientific misinformation throughout their political careers.
Trump linked autism and the painkiller during a news conference in September, without providing reputable scientific findings to back the claim.
“[Using] acetaminophen – is that OK? – which is basically, commonly known as Tylenol, during pregnancy can be associated with a very increased risk of autism,” Trump said on September 22. “So taking Tylenol is not good. I’ll say it. It’s not good.”
Kennedy has offered his own sweeping statements about Tylenol and its alleged risks, despite having no professional medical background.
“Anyone who takes this stuff during pregnancy, unless they have to, is irresponsible,” he said in a cabinet meeting on October 9.
Kennedy also mischaracterised studies on male circumcision earlier this month. He falsely said the studies showed an increase in autism among children who were “circumcised early”.
“It’s highly likely because they’re given Tylenol,” he added.
Kenvue stressed in a statement on Tuesday that acetaminophen is the safest pain reliever option for pregnant women, noting that high fevers and pain are potential risks to pregnancies if left untreated.
“We stand firmly with the global medical community that acknowledges the safety of acetaminophen and believe we will continue to be successful in litigation as these claims lack legal merit and scientific support,” Kenvue said.
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Rob Jetten, 38, led a highly polished campaign and outperformed his rivals in TV debates
The centrist liberals under Rob Jetten are heading for a dramatic victory, according to the main exit poll, two years after his party languished in fifth place in the last vote.
Jetten staged a remarkable campaign in recent weeks, and the Ipsos I&O exit poll suggests his D66 liberals have won 27 seats, two more than anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders who won the last election.
Although the final result is too close to call, Wilders conceded victory and Jetten told supporters “millions of Dutch people have turned a page; they’ve said goodbye to a politics of negativity”.
Three other parties are close behind, including the conservative liberals, the left-wing GreenLeft-Labour party and the Christian Democrats.
Wilders led the polls throughout the election campaign, but after he pulled the plug on his own coalition in June in a row over asylum and migration, all the mainstream leaders made clear they did not wish to work with him again.
Jetten’s party, meanwhile, staged a highly successful campaign. Only a few weeks ago, the polls put D66 on just 12 seats, but the photogenic, 38-year-old leader capitalised on polished performances in a succession of TV debates and interviews.
The fact that he also competed in a TV quiz show called The Smartest Person in the weeks leading to the vote only added to his public profile.
Jetten was careful not to claim victory on Wednesday night, because the margin of error in the exit poll meant nothing was certain.
However, the conservative liberal VVD of Dilan Yesilgöz was also heading for a successful night in third place and a likely place in a future Jetten-led coalition.
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Dilan Yesilgöz (R) also had a good election after good performances in TV debates
Going into Wednesday’s election, voters knew the result would be on a knife-edge, as five parties were in the running to win. Wilders’ PVV Freedom Party had won 37 seats in November 2023, but this time the electorate were clearly put off by the realisation that he could not form another coalition.
It took seven months for Wilders to reach a deal with coalition partners in 2024, only to bring down the government 11 months later.
Rob Jetten made clear he was looking for a broad-based coalition that was both “stable and ambitious”, and he pointed out it was unprecedented for the winning party to score fewer than 30 seats in parliament.
He named the Labour(PvdA)-GreenLeft of former European Commissioner Frans Timmermans as one potential coalition partner, along with Yesilgöz’s conservative liberals and a revitalised Christian Democrat CDA.
The exit poll spelt bad news for Timmermans, whose left-wing party had long been second in the polls and is now set to come fourth.
“Better times lie ahead,” he promised his supporters late on Wednesday. “Of course I’m hugely disappointed,” he added, and announced he was stepping down and taking responsibility for the result.
Timmermans and Wilders are both in their early 60s and entered politics at the same time, and there is now a sense that Dutch voters are prepared to try something new.
Wilders, however, said he was going nowhere: “You won’t be rid of me until I’m 80.” He remained bullish about his Freedom Party’s performance: “I would naturally rather have seen more seats… but we have still had our second best result.”
Matthijs Rooduijn of the University of Amsterdam said Wilders’ party had lost the support of many of its moderate voters to other parties as well as many on the more radical side.
But, he said, “the losses could have been worse”, given that Wilders had himself broken up the last coalition and had campaigned less actively than his rivals.
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Supporters of Jetten’s centrist liberals were overjoyed with the surprise result
There was palpable excitement as D66 supporters gathered for the results at a music venue in Leiden, a university city between Amsterdam and The Hague. A second exit poll, half an hour after voting ended at 21:30 (20:30 GMT) confirmed the initial projection and the words “yes, we can” were voiced repeatedly as a kind of party mantra in the hall.
Taking to the stage, the man now tipped to be the youngest prime minister in modern Dutch history told supporters “we did it – the best result D66 has ever achieved”.
“We also know that millions of Dutch people voted for other parties, and I also feel a very heavy responsibility for [all of them],” said Rob Jetten. “We will do all we can in the coming years to show all the Dutch people that politics and government can be there for them again so they can think big again and act big again so the Netherlands can move forward.”
This election was partly fought on migration and overcrowded asylum centres, but the biggest issue for voters was the chronic housing shortage of almost 400,000 homes, in a population of 18 million.
Jetten’s party has said it will build 10 cities as part of its plan to tackle the crisis.
“It was a campaign of optimism, it shows the Dutch are tired of two years of standstill, we recognise big challenges and we want progress on those,” said D66 supporter Eline. “It shows the Dutch are craving a prime minister who is able to unite the country and tackle the major challenges our country and the world are facing.”
One potential coalition partner for the liberals is the Christian Democrats, who only two years ago looked down and out with just a handful of seats. Now they are projected to win 19.
“What a fantastic result – two years ago we could not have dared to dream of this,” CDA leader Henri Bontenbal told supporters as they chanted his name.
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Thinking about printing your own custom apparel? I put the Procolored F13 DTF printer, oven, and press package through its paces to see if it’s worth your hard-earned cash – or just another overpriced hobby trap.
The kit that I received included a 1 kg bag of DTF adhesive powder, 250 mL each of C, M, Y, K, and white ink, plus a 250-mL bottle of nozzle protection fluid, and a 328-ft (100-m) roll of DTF PET matte heat transfer film. Oh, and mine came in a really cool trunk, like you’d see backstage for your favorite band. That was a bonus.
Everything was packed really well for – what I assume was – the overseas journey it took to get to my house. The trunk had both the printer and the oven neatly inside. The heat press was packaged separately in a regular box.
Once I yanked everything from its cozy packaging, the setup seemed a little daunting. It isn’t just a matter of chucking in your ink cartridges and printing out your first test page like you would with an inkjet printer – this bad boy needs some proper attention to get going. You’ve got to fill the tanks and use the supplied syringes to draw ink from the tanks into the print head for every color. You have to pull ink to the waste tank as well.
That trunk is bigger than it looks, I promise. Sturdy too. Everything arrived safely
JS @ New Atlas
I wasn’t particularly looking forward to it, especially knowing that DTF printers need to be used regularly, else they can have clogging issues – particularly with the white ink – and genuine, high-quality Procolored ink isn’t cheap.
In prep for the review, I bought about 60 various t-shirts, tanks, and shorts of different materials and colors from Jiffy. I also bought 150 blank koozies in both foam and neoprene (working with neoprene is real hard, by the way). I waited until I was properly ready to start printing – and keep printing – before I filled the first tank of ink.
A couple weeks later and I’ve printed and pressed nearly all of it. Here’s a quick breakdown of remaining consumables (roughly):
60% white ink (~150 mL)
75% black (~190 mL)
80–85% cyan, magenta, yellow (~200 mL)
1/3 roll of PET film (~100 ft)
1/4 bag of powder (~125 gr)
I then I did all the math so you wouldn’t have to:
The average cost to print a regular cotton shirt is about five bucks each. That includes the shirt, ink, adhesive powder, and DTF film. That price can easily go up by two to four smackeroos if you’re using higher-quality shirts, or even down by about a dollar or two for those cheap, janky, uncomfortable shirts that don’t fit right and never come out of the closet. The choice is yours.
Sticking to that US$5 figure, it’s going to take you 190 shirts at $25 each to recoup your initial investment on the ~$3,800 package I’m using (F13 + oven + heat press). If you already have a press and oven and just want the printer, 150 shirts will cover your investment costs.
You’ll have to restock on consumables somewhere around the 250 mark, I think. After lots of research, I’ve found highly rated and less expensive products on Amazon, like DTF film, and transfer powder, but everything points to using genuine Procolored ink. Or at least ink specific to the Epson L1800 print head (more on that later).
Pressing koozies is actually pretty fun. Here’s a few of the images I whipped up. And before you get mad, I am crippled. That’s just me laughing at myself, because what else can you do?
JS @ New Atlas
Things I noticed:
Every time I turn on the printer, it’ll error with a paper-jam message, even though nothing is actually jammed [insert Office Space references here]. All I have to do is flip the main power switch (on the back) off and on really quick, then hit the front-panel power button again – and it magically works 100% of the time. If I don’t turn it off, and I just pick up printing the next day, no jam errors. An annoying “feature,” for sure.
After five days straight of use, followed by one day of downtime, the white ink clogged. A quick software printhead clean (twice in a row) got it going again without any extra work.
DTF likes to be used all the time and doesn’t like to sit around waiting. After about two weeks of printing nearly every day, I’ve learned to just clean the print head before my first use of the day. It’s been running tip-top, even after a weekend of no use at all. That said, you still have to leave the main power on at all times. Every hour or so (I think, I haven’t actually timed it), you can hear it do a little white-ink pump for about 30 seconds to keep the juices flowing. Every 10 hours of idle time, it will automatically clean the print head as well.
The Procolored F13 comes with Pro RIP software and a USB security dongle. It’s annoying that you have to leave the USB in your computer any time you use the software for anti-piracy purposes. How long will it be before we need USB bays filled with security dongles? … But I digress. RIP software is used to lay out your images and to talk to the printer’s custom firmware for white-layer printing under color – something regular printers can’t do.
IT’S AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS ONLY!
The Pro RIP software isn’t available to the 17% of you guys ‘n gals using less-awesome operating systems. *Wink-wink* Also, Pro RIP is the only compatible RIP program for Procolored’s F13 machine. If you already have a favorite one with your workflow dialed in, well, you’re going to have to learn to love Pro RIP. Honestly, it’s super straightforward, simple, and easy to use though. You have flexibility in everything from white layers to punch holes and more with Pro RIP.
Some Halloween party-favors for our friends
JS @ New Atlas
If you’re expecting to crank out pages of images like an old laser Xerox at your last office job, prepare to be disappointed – the DTF printer is slow. It’s literally like watching paint dry. Procolored’s site says about six prints per hour, but that’s best-case scenario – or maybe six small prints with very little white.
I’m trying to optimize paper use by ganging up images so I’m not wasting film, and it’s more like 25 minutes for every ~12 inches (30.5 cm) of roll if you do two full white layers underneath. So if you’re making six prints that fit in 12 inches of roll, then sure. A full front-of-shirt print could be 10 inches (24.5 cm) wide and 14 inches (35.5 cm) tall – perfectly within the printer’s capability – but that size is going to take a solid half hour to print out just one.
Procolored says the F13 is good for 200+ prints a week. I printed 50 koozies (front and back) in two days, so I think it’s possible for smaller stuff. No way I could accomplish 200 full shirts without help.
Though slow, it’s super detailed. It prints in photo quality using an Epson L1800 print head. It was a little confusing installing drivers for an Epson while plugging in a Procolored, but I realized it emulates an Epson printer with custom firmware that allows for additional white layers and such.
As you can see, the F13 Panda is not exactly compact. My laptop is a dual screen 15-incher to put it in perspective
JS @ New Atlas
I’ve had to print everything with the lid open so far. Initially, with the lid closed, it was grinding, thumping, and erroring. After putting a little brainpower into it, I realized that the ink lines at the head were sticking up just high enough to make contact with the hinge screws in the lid.
I did what any respectable person would do and took the twist-tie off a loaf of bread to cinch down the ink lines to the printer head to stop all the noise and jam errors. That stopped the lines from catching the screws … but it didn’t stop the slack in the lines from reaching upward to strike the lid hard enough to cause more thumps, grinds, and errors.
I contacted Procolored support, and they got back to me right away with a video showing how to slightly move the lines to reduce the slack that gets pushed upward into the lid on every stroke. I haven’t done it yet. I’m not sure if that’s a common issue or not, as everything looks really well designed, thought out … even the best-laid plans don’t always work out every time, I guess.
There are three pre-tapped holes where the lid sits that appear to have no use, and I’m thinking a little rubber spacer in there would do the job nicely – making enough clearance for the ink-line slack. Ultimately, even with the lid open, the printer is quiet enough that if you’re not paying attention when it finishes a print, you might not even notice it stopped.
It just needs this much space to clear the lines
JS @ New Atlas
Overall, I’m super pleased with the quality the Procolored cranks out. If you’re a small-to-medium-sized shirt company that isn’t trying to pump out more than 25 or so shirts per day on just one Procolored machine, I think you’d be pretty happy with it. If you’re a maker with an Etsy side hustle or something taking one-off orders, the Procolored will absolutely fit that bill for you, even with all the upfront costs.
The Procolored Oven
The 750-watt “EZ Bake Oven,” as I refer to it, is plenty big – big enough to comfortably handle any size print you’re likely to fit on a shirt chest. It bakes evenly and cleanly every time. The timer function is nice too, as it’ll alert you when time’s up – in case you’re like me, trying to multitask while not particularly good at multitasking.
I will say, the lid of the baking machine isn’t insulated, so it gets pretty hot – even where the handle is. Wifey uses an oven mitt to lift it (meanwhile she washes dishes by hand in water far too scalding for me to even touch). It’s not that bad if you’re only touching the handle. It’d be nice if that was insulated. Also, it would be great if the lid had a slow-close hinge so that if you do burn yourself and jump back, it doesn’t slam shut with a metallic CLANG!
I’ve also noticed that the air filter tends to get saturated with moisture pretty fast. I have to remove it daily to clean and dry it. Over the course of baking about 50 gangs or so, the exhaust fan has probably lost 50% of its ability to exhaust. I’m tempted to take it apart just to see what’s happening internally.
Otherwise, the Procolored DTF oven does a really good job of keeping the workflow moving while looking cute at the same time with it’s big, happy panda face.
The Procolored Heat Press
Having an automatic press is both cool and slightly annoying. It’s great that you can set time and temp for whatever you’re working on and it automatically just does the thing – but you have no control over pressure. That can be good or bad depending on the item or fabric, or for those who might be heavy-handed. Or maybe I’m over thinking it and it’s just really good, as I don’t have any real concept of what “light-medium” pressure actually feels like and the press takes care of it for me.
Ultimately, I’m happy to not have to stand at the press for 20–30 seconds at a time while my garments get their goodies. Also at 750 watts, it’s not too bad on power consumption. All in, I’m only using about 25 cents per hour in electricity to run all three machines continuously. If you live in California, expect closer to 75 cents per hour.
The Procolored heat press and adhesive powder oven
JS @ New Atlas
I like that it beeps when it’s done preheating to your desired temp – one less thing to babysit.
One thing I noticed: my house was built in the 1950s and, as recently as eight years ago, survived a major hurricane (Hurricane Harvey), so it’s not exactly perfectly square. Some spots of my hardwood floors are just out of plumb enough that you can’t tell until you set something down that might roll away if left unattended. Well, with the press, I found one of those spots. As the lid would open and close, it made a grinding, groaning noise. I relocated the table the press was on about a foot away from the wall, and the grinding noises stopped. So if it’s not perfectly level, it might protest.
Is the heat press worth the price of admission, so to speak? As a DTF noob, I’d say so. It takes out all the guesswork and just lets me make cool shirts and stuff. Changing temp and time is a breeze. And I didn’t realize it at first, but not only does the controller have a “go” button on it, so does the lid. It took me about 80 presses before I noticed that – and it made the rest of the presses that much easier.
My Little Wrap Up
This is a cool product. At the very least, DTF is a cool concept. It’s not cheap to get into, but it wouldn’t be difficult to recoup your costs and start making some pretty decent side-hustle money – even with just a single machine. I can easily see two or three machines and a big enough spare bedroom in your house turning into a couple-grand-a-month small business if you’re willing to put the time in.
This one was tricky. I used my Omni X UV laser to engrave the leather patch, and the DTF printer to make the blue graphic, combining tools for a final product to give to a friend
JS @ New Atlas
Local churches, sports teams, and other non-profits love custom shirts. Bars, liquor stores, and knick-knack shops all love koozies. You’re not limited to just those two products either. That’s merely what I did during my review. And DTF’s very nature is the ability to make truly custom graphics on garments without messy and difficult setups like silk screening.
And once again, like my Omni X UV laser review, my crude humor leaves me with very few images I can show you of stuff that I’ve made … but I figured if I’m throwing a bunch of money at a review, I’m going to make what I want to wear! Ha!
Let me know in the comments if you’d be interested in a free New Atlas shirt (that I totally haven’t designed or made yet), and maybe I’ll pick one or two of the best comments and shoot ’em off to ya. Make sure you’re subscribed to our newsletter, though, to find out if I picked you!
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